Alex Montgomery didn’t get to hang out with WNBA and NBA players, get fancy team gear or go on extravagant trips. She bounced with her mother from shelter to shelter. But now that she’s in the WNBA, she’s helped provide a whole new life for her younger sister, Kondalia.

An exciting wave of community-based mental health facilities could be built around Washington if state bonds are approved. It hinges on legislators sending it to the November ballot, and voters saying yes.